A haptically enhanced painting as a tool for neurorehabilitation

This paper examines a new form of interaction combining haptic and sonic exploration with static visual information from a real painting. Motivated by recent work in neurorehabilitation exploring group interactions with a robot, and by the educational and explorative value of artefacts, we investiga...

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Published in2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) Vol. 2013; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Le, Hoang H., Loureiro, Rui C. V., Dussopt, Florian, Phillips, Nicholas, Zivanovic, Aleksander, Loomes, Martin J.
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.06.2013
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
collaborative rehabilitation
Educational institutions
engagement
Female
Grasping
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical treatment
Middle Aged
motivation
Pilot Projects
Robots
Sensory Art Therapies - instrumentation
Sensory Art Therapies - methods
Social interaction
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - methods
Touch - physiology
Visualization
Young Adult
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Summary:This paper examines a new form of interaction combining haptic and sonic exploration with static visual information from a real painting. Motivated by recent work in neurorehabilitation exploring group interactions with a robot, and by the educational and explorative value of artefacts, we investigate the feasibility of an interactive painting as a potential tool for the rehabilitation of brain injuries. The study consisted of a series of thirty-six single case studies with healthy individuals exploring a painting through haptic feedback with/without sonic interaction and assessed using a multidimensional measurement intended to evaluate the participants' subjective experience. The results showed that participants engaged with the interactive installation and executed more movements while exploring the painting in pairs. It appears that the haptic painting paradigm encourages development of analytical skills, imagination, promotes spatial skills realisation and enhances touch/hearing sensory channels. The results suggest that this approach might be of value to neurorehabilitation by exploring concepts of augmented artefact installations with technology (haptics + sound), promoting social integration and potential use in public spaces.
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ISBN:9781467360227
1467360228
ISSN:1945-7898
1945-7901
DOI:10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650468